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Associated Press
Lolita C. Baldor
Washington (AP) —The United States will buy more medium- and long-range missile systems and send them to Ukraine Planning. Hope will help Ukrainian troops retain the last remaining lot in eastern Donbus, which Russia has not yet occupied.
Defense officials said on Monday that Ukrainian troops are already effectively using advanced rocket systems, many of them entering Ukraine with trained troops. A new plan is underway for the United States to purchase NASAMS, an advanced surface-to-air missile system, and send it to Ukraine, which will be added to its long-range rocket and missile attack capabilities.
President Joe Biden has decided to purchase NASAMS, an anti-aircraft system developed by the United States in Norway, to provide Ukraine with medium- and long-range defense. It will be announced soon. An administrator who is familiar with the problem. NASAMS is the same system used in the United States to protect the airspace around the White House and Parliament Buildings in Washington.
Both defense and executive officials spoke on condition of anonymity, discussing US military assessments and unannounced plans.
Russia has launched a full-scale attack on the ground and air against Lysychans'k, the last Ukrainian fortress in the eastern part of Luhansk, the local governor said on Monday. Governor Luhansk said Serhiy Haidai has been beating Lysychansik after Russian troops recently occupied the neighboring city of Sievierodonetsk.
Taking the wider Donbas region out of Ukrainian government control by saying that Western experts have become the new main goal of President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine. Is part of the strengthening of Russia's attacks. It's been 5 months now.
Defense officials said the United States continued to see Russian military morale and other command and control issues, and that some Russian local officials in Ukraine were recently assassinated.
The United States has sent four already used High Mobile Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) to Ukraine. Four will be included soon.
According to officials, the United States will also soon send additional aid, such as Ukrainian artillery ammunition and counter-battery radar, to counter Russia's assault on Donbus.
Government officials have pledged $ 7.5 billion to help the Ukrainian government cover its costs as part of Biden's $ 40 billion military and economic aid package drawdown signed last month. Also announced.
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The Associated Press writer Zeke Miller in Elmau, Germany, contributed to this report.
